Fire King Oil Co. v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from an award of compensation made pursuant to the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.).

The claimant, Thomas A. Bañas, was employed by the respondent as the manager of a gasoline station. On November 8, 1972, the claimant and a co-employee were working at the station when two employees of a security company arrived to collect the station’s cash receipts. While the claimant was counting the money in the station, his co-employee revealed a handgun to the other two men and began a conversation about the gun. As the claimant turned toward…